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comme une fleur

French, prepositional phrase/kɔ.m‿yn flœʁ/

comme une fleur is a French prepositional phrase meaning “candidly, ingenuously, as if nothing had happened” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does comme une fleur mean in English?

prepositional phrase

  1. 1

    derogatorycandidly, ingenuously, as if nothing had happened

    arriver comme une fleur, débarquer comme une fleur

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. De façon innocente, douce, ingénue, et inopportune.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce comme une fleur?

  • /kɔ.m‿yn flœʁ/
  • \kɔ.m‿yn flœʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.